Showing posts with label ladybug. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ladybug. Show all posts

Friday, August 10, 2012

Rainy Day

I'm back.  I finally finished the blog hop.   I hope all of you visited a few of the sites too.  We gotta help each other out as much as we can. And make a few new friends along the way.

The weather outside is brutal at the moment.  I was going to show you the new flowers blooming in my garden but I couldn't get out to take pretty pictures of them.  So instead, you get dreary, stormy, dark and blurry glimpses of the garden.

Part of these are yellow daylilies that I planted.  In fact, I posted a pic of it blooming here.  The tall daisy  looking one though I didn't plant.  I actually spilled bird seed and this came up.  If you look to the left of it, you will see what looks like corn stalks growing.  That too was bird seed.

This is the other end of the flower bed.  It's hard to tell but those stepping stones are under water.  You can see the water splashing in the buckets.  It's really pouring down right now.  But on the bright side, aren't the stones so vibrant.













This is to the left of the daylily.  These stones are also underwater. 

This is the far right, at the edge, and the deepest spot.  The yellow you see there is also a stepping stone. 
It's the blue and yellow butterfly one.  You can see it here.  Boy, those buckets are really splashing now.














And this is to the far left.  This is a high spot so it's not underwater so much.  There's ladybug and turtle. If  you look close, you will see my little snake standing guard.  He  moves around alot.    I never know where he'll show up next. :)















So there you have it.  No sun, just rain, rain, rain.  I'm not complaining though, it's needed badly.

What's it looking like outside your door?  See you soon.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Flower Pot Bird Feeder

I have a flower garden that is a work in progress. 













You may recognize my painted stepping stones.  I have them meandering through the garden.  Also, notice the light bulb ladybug nestled beneath the flamingo.  The various stakes were Mother's Day gifts.  Since all my plants were transplanted this year, I guess they are not going to bloom.  So, for more color, I decided to make use of the plastic disposable pots that the plants came in. 

I started with 4 pots and wired them together.  I then painted them and wired a platter on top.  This is what I  came up with.



Yea, I know the pictures aren't great.  My camera broke and I had to use my phone.  (Note to self: Get the camera fixed!!!).  


Just ignore the totes and buckets in the background.  Where I live, either it storms or no rain at all.  I have to catch all I can.  The flowers and grass (what little I have) seem to thrive on the rainwater more than hose water.

I just wanted you to see what can be done with disposable materials.  It really does look good in the garden with that pop of purple and orange.  This has been a lot of work but next spring will show the rewards.  I can't wait to see it!

Til next time, have fun!





Monday, May 21, 2012

Ladybug! Ladybug! Fat, Little Ladybug!

You ever have one of those days that things come in threes?  Well, today was one of those days for me.  I'm not gonna tell you what it was that happened three times.....yet.  First, let me show you what I created today.  I decided to try something different.  See if you can guess what I made these from.













Ain't she purty!!


And so happy looking.







This one is without antennas.  Not sure if I like it antennaless, after seeing the first one.

If you're wondering, I have them placed between my bearded iris's.  They don't have any blooms yet, so it looks sort of like a jungle.

Have you guessed yet what they are made of?  If I didn't know already, I would have guessed a small ball of some sort.

But no.....


Not a ball.......

















It's a lightbulb, silly!

So of course my three things in a row was light bulbs blowing.  Instead of just throwing them away, I pondered a way to recycle them.  The decoration in my flower garden was just bonus!  You can bet that I will be on the lookout for more blown bulbs!

I like the blue one best even though the red is more natural.  What do you think?  Can you think of other insect/bug/creatures that can be painted on a lightbulb?  I would love to hear your ideas.

Til next time, have fun!

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Sunday, March 11, 2012

Ladybug Stepping Stones

Hello there my friends!  Sorry you haven't heard from me for a week.  I've been very busy.  Last week, I participated in the 100 Comments On My Blog Event that Tanya at Blogelina hosted. Talk about work...whew, it was grueling!  To get 100 comments on my post, I had to comment on 100 other posts.  In reality, it was 136.  Luckily we had 8 days to do it in. 

All in all, I think everyone did their best.  Some posts were extra work to get a comment on it, and some were quick and simple.  Mine would have been the latter except for the fact that I accidentally gave a broken url.  Even so, I did manage to get 42 comments of which I am very happy to get.  Oh, and did I mention that I replied back on each of those!

First, I want to thank Tanya for hosting the event.  Second, I want to say that as much work as it was, it was still awesome!  I enjoyed reading the variety of posts that participated. I gained 4 followers and show tremendous traffic flow to my blog.  What more could I ask!

So, here is this week's "purties", ladybugs on stepping stones.













Aren't they darling?  They look like they're having happy thoughts. Now, how about that for personality!

Til next time, have fun!